Several feared dead, injured after explosion at a hotel in central Kabul

The explosion struck Kabul's Shahr-e-Naw, which is predominantly safe and inhabited by foreign nationals includes large office buildings and shopping complexes, news agency Reuters reported.

One Chinese national and six Afghans died in the incident, and several others were injured. It tore through a Chinese-run restaurant in a hotel. The part where the explosion struck is heavily guarded.

The restaurant, reportedly named a Chinese noodle restaurant, was jointly run by a Chinese Muslim, Abdul Majid, his wife, and an Afghan partner, Abdul Jabbar Mahmood, and served the Chinese Muslim community.